I got married the year after, since which time I have lived in this house.
"I became a member of a reading-room club, and read all the works of Dr.Dick that the library contained: his 'Treatise on the Solar System,' his 'Practical Astronomer,' and other works.

There were also some very good popular works to which I was indebted for amusement as well as instruction: Chambers's 'Information for the People,' Cassell's 'Popular Educator,' and a very interesting series of articles in the 'Leisure Hour,' by Edwin Dunkin of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

These last papers were accompanied by maps of the chief constellations, so that I had a renewed opportunity of becoming a little better acquainted with the geography of the heavens.
"I began to have a wish for a telescope, by means of which I might be able to see a little more than with my naked eyes.

But I found that I could not get anything of much use, short of 20L.

I could not for a long time feel justified in spending so much money for my own personal enjoyment.